Vitaly Shilgalis

Experience

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  Regional Middle and High school

  Jun 2004 - Jun 2005

  Chemistry lab assistant

  - Maintain order and structure in the lab.- Preparation of chemical reagents and equipment for chemistry classes at school.

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  UC RUSAL

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2005

  Summer Research Intern

  - Research for and preparation of master thesis, Aluminium production.- Operator in the Coke baking workshop, manufacture of anodes.- Operator in the Electrolysis workshop, Aluminium smelter.

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  DNV GL

  Apr 2007 - Jan 2020

  - Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) of subsea, topside, well control equipment and pipelines.- Review, approval and follow up of procedures, method statements and testing programs during qualification of projects.- Field verification and quality surveillance during fabrication and installation phase ensuring compliance with major international standards.- Project coordination of vendor inspection activities, selection and management of the inspection team, customer liaison.- Approval of welding procedure qualifications and specifications (WPQR and WPS).- Welding inspection, verification of NDT and mechanical testing under the WPQ scope.- Product certification of compliance to Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC and 2014/68/EU (PED).- Follow up and approval of factory acceptance testing (FAT) programs of oil and gas equipment.- Comprehensive contact with clients, identification and development of market opportunities into projects.- Safety delegate (Verneombud) according to the Norwegian Working Environment Act (Arbeidsmiljøloven): HSE representative of the employees' interests in matters related to the working environment. Show less - Qualification of submarine pipelines according to DNV-OS-F101.- Project coordination of oil and gas equipment qualification projects.- Technical assessment of site conditions and manufacturing processes. - Review and approval of manufacturing procedure specification (MPS), welding specifications, NDT procedures.- Site inspection during linepipe fabrication and testing.- Pipeline coating inspection.- Development and follow up of destructive mechanical testing program, including tensile testing, bend testing, fracture toughness (Charpy) testing, CTOD, DWTT.- Qualification of casting (Titanium) and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) processes according to NORSOK standard requirements. Show less

  • Senior engineer - Pipelines, Materials and Welding

    Feb 2012 - Jan 2020

  • Engineer - Submarine pipeline qualification

    Jun 2009 - Jan 2012

  • Engineer - Materials technology and Failure investigation

    Apr 2007 - Jun 2009
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  ILF Consulting Engineers

  Feb 2020 - Dec 2020

  Mechanical and Welding engineer

  - Detail design vetting, vendor vetting and procurement inspection control of mechanical equipment and piping for offshore oil and gas pipelines, tank farms and terminals.- Verification and approval of 3D plant design, P&IDs, piping plans and isometric drawings for tank farm facilities.- Providing cross-project expertise and advice on the subjects of material inspection, welding, NDT and mechanical testing of mechanical equipment.